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J. COYIIE,w Jr. Combined p Wicklilrlffler and Burner and Ghiiilfiy (No Model.)

Gleaner.

Patented Dec. 28,1880.

ATNEY WITNESSES: CZ.

N PEERS. PHOTO-UTHOGKAPNER,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN (DOYLE, JR, OF EAST NEW YORK, N. Y.

sPEcIEIcA'rioN forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,999, dated December 28, 1880.

Application filed April 30, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OOYLE, Jr., of East New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Lamp-Wick Trimmer and Burner and Chimney Gleaner, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken through the line a- 00, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is aside elevation, partly in section, of a part of the improvement. Fig. 4 is across-section taken through the line y 3 Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish combined trimmers for lamp-wicks and cleaners for lamp burners and chimneys simple in construction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in constructing a combined lamp-wick trimmer and burner and chimney cleaner of a brush, a square staple, and a serrated disk, whereby the charred portion of the wick can be removed, the wick and burner brushed 0d, and the inner surface of a.

chimney cleaned, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A is a handle similar to the handle of a paintbrush, but longer and with less taper. To the end of the handle A are secured bristles B, by a wire or other ferrule, U, in the same manneras the bristles of a paint-brush are secured to the handle. To the handle A, near the ferrule O, is attached a square staple, D,

of steel or other suitable metal. To the other end of the handle A is secured a star or serrated wheel or disk, E, which is made with a hub, to give it a firm bearing upon the handle A and allow it tolbe readily secured to the said handle. With this construction the staple D is used to scrape off the charred portion of the wick, which method of trimming leaves the end of the wick in proper shape to give a symmetrical flame. The end of the wick,the wick-tube, and all parts of the burner are then brushed with the bristles B, to remove all the lumps and dust of the charred wick, and clear out the perforations and angles of the burner.

In cleaning chimneys a cloth is wrapped around the end of the handle A, and the serrated disk E and the handle and cloth are passed into the interior of the chimney and moved back and forth and around until the entire inner surface of the chimney is cleaned, the serrated disk E preventing the cloth from slipping off the handle and enabling the inner surface of the chimney to be conveniently and thoroughly rubbed.

Having thus fully described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a combined lamp-wick trimmer and burner and chimney cleaner constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consist ing of the brush A B O, the square staple D, and the serrated disk E, as set forth.

2. In a combined lamp-wick trimmer and burner and chimney cleaner, the combination, with the handle of the brush A B O, of the square staple D, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the charred portion of the wick can be removed and the burner cleaned, as set forth.

JOHN (DOYLE, JR.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEnGwIoK. 

